Run: 2026-09-02-01M1GSB01BDJQ5EPBTDBVTE5DD

**VOICE SHEET — SCENE: "WHAT THE CAMERA SAW"** *The Core & Bean Café, Main Street, Alborn, MN. Thursday morning, two days after the apple festival. Selvi sits alone at a window table, camera in both hands, scrolling through photos. Hunter crosses to her table.* *Note: Selvi speaks only Hindi. Her lines appear in Devanagari, followed by romanization and English translation.* --- **Hunter:** "Ma'am. Detective Hunter, Alborn PD. Mind if I sit? I'm asking around about Tuesday night — festival night. A girl named Dana Pruitt never made it home. Nineteen. Somebody put her on the north shore path below Miller's Orchard around ten o'clock, right when the fireworks wrapped up. Marge says you were out that way too — camera and all. So. Anything you saw that night, I want to hear it." **Selvi** *(shaken, in Hindi)*: "माफ़ कीजिए... मुझे अंग्रेज़ी नहीं आती। पर... कैमरा? मेरा कैमरा... उस रात — हे भगवान — उस रात मैं झील के पास थी। मैंने कुछ देखा था... कुछ देखा था।" *(Maaf kijiye... mujhe angrezi nahin aati. Par... camera? Mera camera... us raat — hey bhagwan — us raat main jheel ke paas thi. Maine kuch dekha tha... kuch dekha tha.)* — "Forgive me... I don't know English. But... camera? My camera... that night — oh God — that night I was by the lake. I saw something... I saw something." **Hunter** *(confused, slowing down)*: "Camera — okay, that part I got. The rest of it might as well be radio static. Ma'am, do you speak any English? English? ... All right. Look. Photo. Dana Pruitt. Dana. Tuesday night, north shore. You. Camera. You were there?" **Selvi** *(in Hindi; eyes filling)*: "फ़ोटो... दाना...? दाना — हाँ, दाना! मैंने इसे देखा था, मंगलवार की रात, झील के किनारे! वो किसी के साथ चल रही थी... मैं बहुत दूर थी, चाँद की तस्वीरें ले रही थी। और फिर... फिर दोनों पानी की ओर चले गए। मैं चिल्लाना चाहती थी, पर मुझे डर लगा। बहुत डर लगा।" *(Photo... Dana...? Dana — haan, Dana! Maine ise dekha tha, mangalwar ki raat, jheel ke kinare! Wo kisi ke saath chal rahi thi... main bahut door thi, chaand ki tasveerein le rahi thi. Aur phir... phir dono paani ki or chale gaye. Main chillana chahti thi, par mujhe dar laga. Bahut dar laga.)* — "Photo... Dana...? Dana — yes, Dana! I saw her, Tuesday night, on the lakeshore! She was walking with someone... I was far away, taking pictures of the moon. And then... then the two of them walked toward the water. I wanted to scream, but I was afraid. Very afraid." **Hunter:** "Hey — easy. Deep breath. You saw her — I got that much, don't ask me how. The camera, ma'am. Camera. What did the camera see that night? Tuesday. Camera." **Selvi** *(in Hindi; turning the camera toward him, hands trembling)*: "कैमरा... हाँ, कैमरा! देखिए, ज़रा देखिए तो। यह देखिए — यह दाना है... और पीछे-पीछे ये कोई और है। चेहरा नहीं दिख रहा — मैंने कई बार ज़ूम किया, धुँधला ही रहता है। मैंने सोचा था, चलो, कोई दोस्त होगा... पर अब तो... अब तो बस डर ही डर है।" *(Camera... haan, camera! Dekhiye, zara dekhiye to. Yeh dekhiye — yeh Dana hai... aur peeche-peeche ye koi aur hai. Chehra nahin dikh raha — maine kai baar zoom kiya, dhundhla hi rehta hai. Maine socha tha, chalo, koi dost hoga... par ab to... ab to bas dar hi dar hai.)* — "Camera... yes, camera! Look, just look a little. Look — this is Dana... and behind her, right behind her, someone else. The face won't come clear — I've zoomed a dozen times, it stays a blur. I told myself, well, it must be a friend of hers... but now... now there is nothing but fear." **Hunter** *(studying the screen)*: "Son of a— ... That's the shore path. And that — that right there is a second person, ma'am. A second person. Timestamp says 9:47. Fireworks ended at ten. That might be the last— ... Never mind. Okay. Who else has seen these? Anybody? You show anybody?" **Selvi** *(in Hindi)*: "नहीं-नहीं... किसी को नहीं दिखाया। मैं बस यहीं बैठी रही, देखती रही। उस रात के बाद से मुझे नींद तक नहीं आती। किसे बताऊँ, कैसे बताऊँ...? आप उसे ढूँढ रहे हैं — इतना मैं समझ गई। उस लड़की को ढूँढिए, प्लीज़। और कॉलेज में कोई हिंदी बोलने वाला हो तो उससे मिलवा दीजिए — मैं सब कुछ बता दूँगी, एक-एक बात।" *(Nahin-nahin... kisi ko nahin dikhaya. Main bas yahin baithi rahi, dekhti rahi. Us raat ke baad se mujhe neend tak nahin aati. Kise bataoon, kaise bataoon...? Aap use dhundh rahe hain — itna main samajh gayi. Us ladki ko dhundhiye, please. Aur college mein koi Hindi bolne wala ho to usse milwa dijiye — main sab kuch bata doongi, ek-ek baat.)* — "No, no... I haven't shown a soul. I just sat here, looking and looking. Since that night, sleep won't even come to me. Who would I tell, and how...? You are searching for her — that much I understood. Find that girl, please. And if there is anyone at the college who speaks Hindi, bring him to me — I will tell you everything. Every single thing." **Hunter:** "Three people gone from this town since June, and the first witness who's actually seen something — I can't understand a word out of her. Terrific. All right. Here's what happens now: you, me, and that camera go to the station. Station. Police. I'll get somebody from your college who can translate — there's always somebody. You with me? You. Me. Camera." **Selvi** *(in Hindi; gathering her things)*: "पुलिस... जी, पुलिस। समझ गई। मैं आपके साथ चलूँगी। कैमरा भी साथ ले चलूँ? ये... ये कोई ज़रूरी सबूत है, है ना?" *(Police... ji, police. Samajh gayi. Main aapke saath chaloongi. Camera bhi saath le chaloon? Ye... ye koi zaroori saboot hai, hai na?)* — "Police... yes, police. I understand. I will come with you. Shall I bring the camera along too? This... this is important evidence, isn't it?" **Hunter** *(phone buzzing; into phone, then to Selvi)*: "Hold that thought. ... Hunter. ... Slow down. When? ... Was anybody with him? ... All right — tape off the pier and the north trail, pull the festival volunteers out of the orchard, and nobody touches a single thing till I've walked it. I'm ten minutes out. ... Change of plans, ma'am. You stay right here — here. Nobody sees those pictures. Nobody. I'll be back in twenty with somebody who can talk to you. Don't move. Don't. Move." **Selvi** *(in Hindi, calling after him)*: "जी — यहीं! समझ गई... यहीं रहूँगी, किसी को नहीं दिखाऊँगी।" *(Ji — yahin! Samajh gayi... yahin rahoongi, kisi ko nahin dikhaungi.)* — "Yes — right here! I understand... I'll stay right here. I won't show anyone." **Selvi** *(alone, in Hindi, to herself)*: "हे भगवान... उसी रात किसी को बता देना चाहिए था। ... चलो। अब यह कैमरा ही मेरी ज़बान है।" *(Hey bhagwan... usi raat kisi ko bata dena chahiye tha. ... Chalo. Ab yeh camera hi meri zabaan hai.)* — "Oh God... I should have told someone that very night. ... Well, then. From now on, this camera is my voice."